My Uncle Pete, 2nd Lt. Lloyd Herbert HUGHES,
a B-24 pilot in World War II who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
for his actions on 1 Aug
1943 in Operation Tidal Wave.

My Grandmother, Lois Erin DEASON Key, and her scrapbook called, "Happy School Days"
that she created in 1920, the year she graduated from Amarillo
High School in Amarillo, Texas, USA.

My Grandmother, Lois Erin DEASON Key, and the infamous
pajama photos. Why would a proper
young lady circa 1920 pose in her pajamas and be photographed? Too bad
we did not thing to ask her. Just WHAT was she was thinking?

My Great Grand Uncle, Willie Aubrey CLOWER, and a
letter dated 24 Aug 1908 telling how he
was shanghaied.

My Great Grand Parents, Walter Henry DEASON and Mary Lizzie
HARDY Deason, and their Marriage License, documenting that their marriage was performed
on 25 Jun 1900.

My 2nd Great Grandmother, Marina Harriet ROSS Deason and her
affidavit dated 19 Apr 1940 stating that Walter
Henry Deason married Lizzie Hardy on 24 Jun 1900. So, an 82 year-old woman
can not remember her first born son's wedding date some 40 years after the
fact? Probably so.

My 2nd Great Grandmother, Elizabeth PATE Jordan and her
Widow's Application for a Pension. Her
husband, William Henry JORDAN was in Company "D" 5th Louisiana
Cavalry for the full term of the Civil War. (A
false lead on his papers from the Civil War.)